Monday, September 16, 2013

Eye of Odaiba #1 - Site Analysis

I am tasked with designing a camera obscura for the Shiokaze park on the island of Odaiba in Tokyo, Japan.  I know that's a mouthful, but let me break it down.

A camera obscura (latin for darkened chamber) is basically a pinhole camera that projects an image onto a surface for viewing.  The concept was conceived thousands of years ago and they have physically existed for hundreds of years but they continue to be tourist attractions around the globe.  Here is a video to describe what a camera obscura is:

First step in any design process is to analyze the site ...








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